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cuboid bone

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A tarsal bone that is formed from distal tarsals 4 and 5. [WP,modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuboid_bone ]

Term info

Label

cuboid bone

Synonyms
  • cuboid
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Gray274.png

has related synonym

cuboideum, foot distal tarsal bone 4 and 5, os tarsale IV et V, os cuboideum, distal tarsal bones 4 and 5

id

UBERON:0001455

terminology notes

NominaAnatomicaVeterinaria uses os cuboideum as an official synonym for distal tarsal IV, but some sources also use this as the label for the human cuboid bone which is regarded to be formed from tarsals IV and V. We therefore decline to use exact syns in either case.